Jessica Fostekew performing at the Arts Centre

By Amanda Wilkins - 30 April 2024

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Award winning comedian Jessica Fostekew is to embark on her biggest tour to date with brand new show 'Mettle'.

It will bring her to the Arts Centre in Devizes Road  on Wednesday 8 May. 

Mettle is about passion, pace and purpose and comes from the star of BBC’s QI, Live at the Apollo and C4’s Travel Man.

Jess’ son has joined a cult and her cat’s learned to talk, but despite all that she’s fine, actually. In fact she’s hurtling faster and hustling harder than ever for the things that she wants and needs.

Jessica’s last show, Wench, played a sold-out Edinburgh Fringe run and UK tour and is available now as a special.

Previous show Hench was nominated for Best Show at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards and won Best Show at the Chortle Awards where Jessica also won Best Act. It’s available to stream now on Amazon Prime.

Jessica said: “I’m properly giddy about sharing this show. I've spent the last year feeling increasingly passionate about so many things from the state of the world to the state of the monsters on Married at First Sight.

"I’ve had a big birthday and it's come with a torrent of life-bending revelations; the biggest of which is that even if something seems impossible, it might not be. I'd been spending too long giving up too easily.

"This is a show about shamelessly caring about things a HUGE amount and turning that passion into positive action.”

Jessica has appeared on Live at the Apollo, QI, Travel Man, World’s Most Dangerous Roads, Richard Osman's House Of Games, and many other shows.

She is also a regular co-host of The Guilty Feminist (podcast with 60m-pls downloads) and host and creator of long-running, chart-topping pod Hoovering, where she most recently interviewed Joe Lycett, Grace Dent and Jimi Famurewa.

More information and booking details can be found at #jessicafostekew-artscentre

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